Can people suddenly and inexplicably explode into a ball of fire? It sounds like something in a horror film, but some people believe it happens. It's also what an Irish coroner recently concluded ...

“Four feet distance from the bed there was a heap of ashes, two legs untouch’d, from the foot to the knee, with their stockings on,” wrote Paul Rolli, a fellow of the British Royal Society, describing ...

Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) is one of the most disturbing and mysterious phenomena in modern history. How can a person suddenly burst into flames without an external source? In this video, I ...

Scientifically speaking, spontaneous combustion is a real phenomenon, and not just a plot device in novels. CREDIT: Jose A. Bernat Bacete via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...